Kristallnacht

Sturmabteilung (S.A. Brownshirts)

group of militant Nazis who used intimidation and violence against opposition parties to further their pol. agenda, street thugs, Ernest Rohm (leader) suggested to Hitler they should become natl. army, Hitler distrusted -> Night of the Long Knives

Anschluss

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Ger. and Russia sign non-aggression pact, For Hitler it ended possibility of 2 front war and deter Brit. from honoring commitment to Poland, For Stalin allowed time to rebuild Red Army, Secret Clauses: Ger. and Russia attack Poland and split territory, Ger. get Lituania and Russia get Balkans